Donald Trump vs. Rex Tillerson: Their History of Insults, Including President’s Latest ‘Dumb as a Rock’ Tweet

U.S. Donald Trump If you had “Rex Tillerson vs. Donald Trump beef” on your “What Previously Impossible to Predict Political Story Will Happen Today” bingo card: Congrats, you nailed it! Well done. Tillerson, Trump’s former secretary of state, distanced himself from the public eye after leaving the position but at an event in Houston on Thursday, he lobbed a couple of barbs at the president, which led Trump to let loose a barrage of insults on Twitter Friday. This included calling Tillerson “dumb as a rock.” It isn’t entirely out of nowhere. The relationship between Trump and Tillerson had a rapid, expletive-laden downfall from the days of the president lauding the former Exxon Mobil chief as “a world-class player and dealmaker.” Here’s a quick run-down of some of the insults they’ve traded. Judging by their recent behavior there could be more to come. He doesn’t speak for me… Addressing a question on Trump’s response to deadly riots at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last August, where he said there were “very fine people” on both sides, Tillerson threw shade by telling Fox News that “the president speaks for himself.” The infamous “moron” NBC News reported in October 2017 that Tillerson, then still secretary of state, called Trump a “moron” in a meeting. Reports later surfaced that, actually, Tillerson had called Trump, “a f**king moron.” Low IQ After the “moron” reports, Trump threw a public barb at his secretary of state. “I think it’s fake news, but if he did that, I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests,” Trump told Forbes in… [Read full story]